Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size About one-third of Australians have a diagnosed long-term health condition, the nation's 2021 census reveals, with mental health issues surpassing every other chronic illness. On Tuesday the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the first tranche of census data, showing more than 8 million people have a long-term health condition, including about 2.2 million (roughly one in 12 people) who have a diagnosed mental illness. Jasmine Elliott is among the more than 2.2 million Australians with a diagnosed mental health condition. Credit: Jason South For the first time, the 2021 census collected information on diagnosed, ongoing health conditions. On August 10 last year, millions of people across Australia were asked to disclose any long-term health issues from a list of nine conditions – arthritis, diabetes, heart attack, asthma, lung or kidney disease, stroke, cancer and mental health. The census found that in a year when cal...